Tumor growth
Prostate Tumors Grow New Nerves
Monday, December 01 2008 17:38
Prostate cancer – and perhaps other cancers – promotes the growth of new nerves and the branching axons that carry their messages, a finding associated with more aggressive tumors, said researchers from Baylor College of Medicine in the first report of the phenomenon that appears today in the journal Clinical Cancer Research.
Previous research showed that prostate cancer follows the growth of nerves, but this is the first time that scientists have demonstrated that the tumors actually promote nerve growth.
Suppressing GRP78 Halts Prostate Cancer Development
Tuesday, November 25 2008 00:00
Inactivating a specific biomarker for aggressive prostate cancer, called GRP78, blocks the development of prostate cancer in animal models according to researchers at the University of Southern California (USC). This breakthrough discovery may lead to a novel cancer therapy for humans.
